# Different primary and replica shard size

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-primary-and-replica-shard-size/187331>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 25, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-primary-and-replica-shard-size/187331 "2019-06-25T12:32:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-primary-and-replica-shard-size/187331/7 "2019-07-01T13:23:49Z")

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A good thought. Yes, inconsistent synonyms files can indeed result in inconsistent search results. Elasticsearch will use the current synonym file for searches and for indexing _new_ documents but will not re-index any old documents, and this can leave your index in a very strange state. I think reindexing would be wise.

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